*Filler Up
Part I

By Patty Kovacs

Why is Restylane declaring it’s the #1 dermal filler in the world?  

Restylane is a dermal filler that replaces lost volume and restores youthful contours to the skin, smoothing away moderate to even severe facial wrinkles and folds such as our parenthesis, you know, those nasolabial  folds form the nose to the corners of our mouth.

Hyaluronic acid is its superstar ingredient, making the 1.4 million people in the U.S. who received Restylane a smiling statistic for the dermal filler history books. It contains no animal proteins, thus no animal-based disease transmission risk or allergic reaction.

Lasting about 6 months, it varies from person to person. Good news is it does not require an allergy test and can be administered immediately – no waiting for test results! Talk about impulse buying. And just make a 6-month appointment for a follow-up and you’ll have yourself a good medical assessment of your body’s wrinkle disappearance longevity with Restylane.

Pain? Yeah, a slight ouch. But if you talk with your doc the site can be treated so the sting is reduced. What hurts more – the tiny sting of discomfort or seeing the sad lines that don’t match your youthful inner self?